Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23
स याति रुद्रसांनिध्यमिति रुद्रः स्वयं जगौ । विद्यादानेन चैकेन अक्षयां गतिमाप्नुयात्
sa yāti rudrasāṃnidhyamiti rudraḥ svayaṃ jagau | vidyādānena caikena akṣayāṃ gatimāpnuyāt
“അവൻ രുദ്രസാന്നിധ്യം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു” എന്ന് രുദ്രൻ തന്നേ പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു. കൂടാതെ ഒരൊറ്റ വിദ്യാദാനത്താൽ പോലും അക്ഷയഗതി ലഭിക്കുന്നു।
Rudra (Śiva)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rudra/Śiva as divine speaker proclaiming the fruit; a devotee offering a palm-leaf manuscript or teaching a student; a luminous path indicating ‘akṣaya gati’.
FAQs
The highest fruit of dharma is closeness to Rudra; among gifts, giving knowledge is singled out as yielding imperishable merit.
The statement is framed within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya discourse connected with Nāradeśvara.
Vidyā-dāna—supporting the transmission of sacred or beneficial knowledge—is praised as a supreme, akṣaya-yielding charity.